“I’ve always been a fan of Woody’s,” Turturro tells THR. “I blabbed it to my barber, who cuts his hair.“

The men's mutual barber ended up telling Allen the premise of Fading Gigolo, which features Turturro as an aging male escort and Allen as his pimp. Allen apparently liked the idea and agreed to join the project.

“I thought it would be a really interesting combination--him and I together,” Turturro says. “Sort of Midnight Cowboy meets Broadway Danny Rose. It’s this journey that these two guys get involved with and all the ramifications and trouble they get into.”